God Removes Our Shame

Removes Your Shame: A contemplative image of open Scripture and a lit candle, symbolizing God’s mercy and the removal of shame during Lent.

As I sat with the Word of God this Fourth Sunday of Lent, preparing for Mass, I came face to face with something I couldn’t ignore—the radical compassion of God. It leapt from the pages and found me. I saw it first in Joshua 5:9, where the Lord says to Joshua, “Today I have removed…

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​What the Three Archangels Do for You

A painting of angels in the ceiling of an old church.

In divine providence, there are layers of excellent spiritual resources. Those resources are in the interest of God’s precious creatures, the chief of whom are you and me (humans). Within divine providence–that act through which God sustains creation–grace and opportune blessings are abundant. One of those blessings is the role played by the heavenly envoy–the…

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